Overview

Around 10% of the UK workforce is employed in the construction industry and there’s a strong demand for managers with the necessary technical knowledge and professional skills.

This course will extend your knowledge of the key areas of responsibility for construction managers, including site engineering surveying, project planning and management, law, business and construction technology.

There’s a strong practical dimension in the shape of role play and group work – and you’ll explore a specialist topic in-depth during the major project/dissertation phase.

By the time you complete our course you’ll be a confident problem-solver and leader, with a sound understanding of the key issues you’re likely to encounter in site or project management.

Additionally you’ll have studied the construction management role in depth, be familiar with its methods and be able to manage your own contribution and development in this fast-paced industry.

The course leads naturally to further academic study and professional development if you’d like to apply for membership of bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) or Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologies (CIAT).

To start this course you must hold a recognised Higher National Diploma (HND) in construction. Please contact us if you’d like to confirm you’re eligible.

Careers

Our graduates have gone on to professional, technical and managerial careers in construction management, quantity surveying, building surveying and estate management. The course provides a sound basis for professional studies if you’d like to apply for CIOB or CIAT membership.

Modules & assessment

Year one, core modules

Discover both traditional and contemporary advanced survey techniques and capture, manipulate and utilise field data for both horizontal control and detail acquisition. You’ll also gain hands on experience using total stations, for data capture and for setting out. You’ll also gain an understanding of how remote surveying by extra-terrestrial systems has evolved and of how a variety of control systems relate to the Ordnance Survey National Grid. Finally, you’ll learn how to process survey data to produce and your final survey drawings using AutoCAD and present them in a style appropriate to industry.

Learn how to manage and administer a building contract from a legal and economic standpoint.
You’ll learn how contracts are constructed, interpret their contents and manage the more routine legal and financial aspects through the completion of a contract and its final account.
Learn through problem solving and case study activity that simulates a live project and the likely circumstances that arise.
We ensure what you learn has direct application to practice and will give you valuable employability skills.

You’ll analyse and evaluate your workplace, focusing on organisational structures, culture, roles and responsibilities. You’ll cover human relationships in the workplace, team relationships and problem evaluations and suggests possible reasons for situations arising.
You’ll use the academic skills you gain here to enhance your learning, which will take place during work with your employer.
You’ll also examine the links between academic theory and practical reality and carry out an individual SWOT analysis, which focuses on your strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities, as well as a 'future self-development plan'.

Examine all issues related to the client, the site, planning, financial appraisal, design technology, legal, health and safety and the environment within a theoretical and practical framework.
You’ll develop your ability to comprehend the totality and implications of the development process and to make reasoned value judgements as to its potential feasibility. You’ll examine local planning policies for the site, coupled with a financial analysis of the proposed scheme using valuation techniques.
You’ll also focus on project appraisal, pre-contraction processes, construction and post-construction processes, marketing, disposal and evaluation.

This Module recognises Architectural Technology, the technology of architecture, as an essential function routed in design and a major influence on the project process, building performance and building construction. It’s primary aim is to develop Architectural Technology students as future design professionals responsible for ensuring that design solutions result in buildings and structures that are constructed economically and perform efficiently and effectively within the context of user needs and environmental, regulatory and budgetary requirements taking account of the fundamental link between design and the technological, environmental, cultural, economic and social parameters. An elemental approach to architectural technological design will be examined in an integrated way within the context of a student led Major Design Project & Strategic Reports. The module develops knowledge base and practical skills, acquired in previous module learning, to evaluate client requirements, architectural design & synthesise technological solutions for medium complexity buildings. It explores the theory and practice of appraising, selecting and justifying the design and production of buildings and their constituent components.

Develop your knowledge of basic management theories, and demonstrate your relevance and application in the planning, organisation and control of construction projects. You’ll research appropriate theories, skills and competencies related to the life cycle of a project from the client's conceptual vision, through the project identification and definition stages, applying appropriate project implementation, execution and control processes to effect successful closure of a project. You’ll also research and develop operational techniques used in the planning, scheduling and control of projects.
You’ll consider the holistic integrated nature of the project management role on a construction project develop the specialist techniques which question the usual functional and organisational boundaries. This will help you appreciate the strategic relevance of project management, and the unique features of project management which distinguish it from other forms of management.

Gain the skills to manage a building organisation in a highly volatile economic environment. You’ll use a computer simulation package to run a construction business in teams and develop an understanding of how building organisations are managed financially in line with a set of broad business objectives.
You’ll acquire analytical skills to measure company performance from a number of standpoints, and then critically comment on the way a company has performed with reference objectives and economic climate. This will give you confidence in critical awareness of organisations and function, including threats, opportunities and constraints.
Focusing on financial management, you’ll gain an understanding of how financial data is converted into usable information, identifying historical performance which can be interpreted as part of a manager's decision making process. You’ll explore the role of the management accountant and contrast with that of the financial accountant and examine how pro-active financial management can be practiced rather than merely reacting to the whims of the marketplace.

Assessment

Where you'll study

Your faculty

The Faculty of Science & Technology is one of the largest of five faculties at Anglia Ruskin University. Whether you choose to study with us full- or part-time, on campus or at a distance, there’s an option whatever your level – from a foundation degree, to a BSc, MSc, PhD or professional doctorate.

Whichever course you pick, you’ll gain the theory and practical skills needed to progress with confidence. Join us and you could find yourself learning in the very latest laboratories or on field trips or work placements with well-known and respected companies. You may even have the opportunity to study abroad.

Everything we do in the faculty has a singular purpose: to provide a world-class environment to create, share and advance knowledge in science and technology fields. This is key to all of our futures.

Fees & funding

Course fees

UK & EU students, 2018/19 (per year)

Fee information

For more information about tuition fees, including the UK Government's commitment to EU students, please see our UK/EU funding pages

How do I pay my fees?

You can pay your fees in the following ways.

Tuition fee loan

Most English undergraduates take out a tuition fee loan with Student Finance England. The fees are then paid directly to us. The amount you repay each month is linked to your salary and repayments start in April after you graduate.

Funding for UK & EU students

Most new undergraduate students can apply for government funding to support their studies and university life. This includes Tuition Fee Loans and Maintenance Loans. There are additional grants available for specific groups of students, such as those with disabilities or dependants.

From September 2018, EU students starting an undergraduate degree with us can access an £800 bursary.

Meanwhile, our £400 Books Plus scheme helps with the costs of study. There's no need to apply for this: if you're eligible you can simply collect a Books Plus card when you start your course.

Entry requirements

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You'll need to have completed a recognised Higher National Diploma (HND) in construction. All applicants must show that they have a good level of spoken or written English, and if English is not your first language you'll need to demonstrate the ability to study in English.

Important additional notes

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements. Other equivalent qualifications may be accepted for entry to this course, please email answers@anglia.ac.uk for further information.

All tariff points must come from A levels. Points from AS levels cannot be counted towards the total tariff points required for entry to this course.

UK, EU & international applicants

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